Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I am focused on making our case and considering the different scenarios open to me. If, on the other hand, I had indicated last week we would go into this agreement, a whole range of issues and concerns would have been created by that, for which I would be held to account as well. I must be aware of that in the context of decisions I make. In assessing where we are currently, it is critical for me to emphasise we are still very much engaged in this process. It still has some way to run. We will do our part to try to get a balance between issues that are very much in our national interest while recognising the world is changing around us and changes that could happen in other jurisdictions inside the OECD could yet have a big impact on us.